American Airlines is talking to Orbitz and Expedia about resuming the listing of its flights with the online travel agencies.
An American Airlines official said Tuesday there are no immediate plans to restore listings on Orbitz, and Expedia did not immediately respond to requests for comment on its plans.
American pulled its flight listings from Orbitz when the two companies couldn't agree on a new contract.
Expedia made American flights harder for consumers to find, then dropped them completely over the weekend.
"We still want to keep relationships with all our current travel agencies," said Cory Garner, American's director of distribution strategy, "and we are open to distributing our fares (and) schedules in an efficient manner as broadly as possible, including through Orbitz and Expedia."
Orbitz declined to comment.
American wants to reduce the cost of distributing tickets by requiring online travel agencies to get flight and fare information directly from the airline's computer system rather than going through intermediaries called global distribution systems, or GDS.
The GDS charge the airlines a commission of several dollars per ticket sold with the information they provide to travel agencies. American wants to avoid paying those costs.
Last week, American said ticket sales seemed unaffected by the absence of its flights on Orbitz.
Shares of American parent AMR Corp. rose 18 cents, or 2.3 percent, to close at $8.10, while shares of Orbitz Worldwide Inc. fell 22 cents, or 4.1 percent, to close at $5.19. Expedia shares dropped 37 cents to close at $24.42.
